Datamation Systems has unveiled the Mac mini security pad. The device secures and protects your Mac mini without compromising the Mac mini's sleek look and design. Datamation Systems - "Why risk having your wonderful new Mac minis disappear? Protect them with this affordable, easy-to-install maximum security device." Datamation Systems claims the new device is more secure than a slot lock cable because it secures the mini to furniture with a powerful adhesive base with 700 pounds of dynamic sheer strength and or screws. We have no information about pricing or availability at this time.

This would be a good idea for school and public libraries to have. I wonder how many schools, libraries have put off purchasing the mini because they were worried about them getting jacked? It's a little harder lugging an eMac out in your bag!

if it's an IR one yes. smoking constricts blood vessels and changes blood flow, especially in the small veins in the extremities. the overall temperature of the hands and feet drops 6-10 F from smoking one cigarette. this also goofs up facial IR scanners and some retina scans.

some scanners may be less sensitive than others to this, but when they fudge in favor of error, you get chances of false positives.

But they don't list a price, which is a REAL bad sign. Institutional hardware that you have to get a quote for tends to be ludicrously expensive (military-contractor scale). Anyone seen a price for this yet?

Why would you buy one of those when there is a slot on the bad of the Mini that's designed for security? This slot is used on laptops and such and security devices such as this are designed for it and very cheap._________________Computer Engineer
Junior, Brown University
15" NC8430 HP Laptop
1.42Ghz PPC Mac Mini, 1Gb RAM, 1st Gen
40GB G4 iPod
2GB Black iPod Nano

Why would you buy one of those when there is a slot on the bad of the Mini that's designed for security? This slot is used on laptops and such and security devices such as this are designed for it and very cheap.

I LIKE the idea of the bracket for computer labs, libraries, etc. The item that you linked to will definitely do the job if someone is around to respond...It alerts on an attempt to steal. However, the bracket can actually PREVENT someone from stealng the device (regardless of whether anyone else is around or not).

The Targus device is a passive device. The bracket is a PREVENTIVE device._________________ -=iMav=- http://geekhack.org

I don't know the exact details of the Targus device, but the devices that I was talking about that latch onto the Mini secure it around something; they are just like a bike lock, you run the cable/chain/cord/whatever around a stationary object and you can't move the Mini away from that object.

[url=http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail~dpno~48829.asp]This[/url is pretty much what I'm talking about. You can get these for cheaper, I think, so they're cheap and effective, and wouldn't hinder the looks of the Mini since it'd be hidden by all the other cables behind it._________________Computer Engineer
Junior, Brown University
15" NC8430 HP Laptop
1.42Ghz PPC Mac Mini, 1Gb RAM, 1st Gen
40GB G4 iPod
2GB Black iPod Nano

I still like the idea of the brackets better for computer labs. And as someone who, in a former life, used to have to DEAL with college computer labs (back in my fledgling I.T. days), I speak from experience. _________________ -=iMav=- http://geekhack.org

Why would you buy one of those when there is a slot on the bad of the Mini that's designed for security?

Because there's such things as wire cutters.

Security cables are OK for things that you're going to leave in well travelled areas for a short period of time, but they're not good enough for anything more than that. I wouldn't leave something as small and stealable as a mini unaccompanied in (say) a dorm room with nothing but a Belkin or Targus cable, with or without an integrated alarm.